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| Crossing the Saraighat Bridge over the mighty Brahmaputra. 'Sarai' in local languages means birds while 'ghat' stands for a bank. This means Saraighat is the bank where birds come to drink water. |
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| A very popular fragrance of Assam |
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| On our way to Sualkuchi |
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| A little boy called Rubul in a farmhouse of Sualkuchi. Rubul's Mom is the housekeeper of the farmhouse. |
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| Rubul's mom agrees to strike a pose |
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| Naughty Rubul is excited to seeing our camera |
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| Organic farming, seen here are huge pumpkins |
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| A view of the countryside |
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| Flora at the farm |
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| That's an arecanut tree, popularly know as tamul in Assamese or supari in Hindi. In Assam serving arecanut to guests is considered to be a mark of honour and tradition. |
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| Farm produce being sold at the local market |
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| Rubul plays with two jackfruits produced at the farm |
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| Rubul wants us to taste some good home made olive pickles |
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| Woman from the countryside |
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| A farmer hurrying towards the market |
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| A guava tree bears fruit |
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| More from the farm |
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| A different looking gourd. Here the gourds are longer and stronger. |
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| Assam, infact the whole of north east is full of greenery |
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| That's a local vegetable called 'bhat kerrela' |
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| That's a betel leaf |
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| More local people. Simple and grounded. |
